Disgraced Cardinal Keith O'Brien sought forgiveness, mourners told

Cardinal Keith O'Brien, whose funeral took place yesterday, resigned as Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh in 2013 after admitting sexual misconductDAVID CHESKIN/PA

Britain’s most eminent Catholic clergyman asked mourners at the funeral of Cardinal Keith O’Brien to pray for the people he had offended.

Cardinal O’Brien, who died last month aged 80, resigned as Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh in 2013 after admitting sexual misconduct. Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, told the congregation that in his will Cardinal O’Brien had asked for forgiveness.

The funeral took place in Newcastle upon Tyne yesterday, where Cardinal O’Brien had lived, and he will be buried in Edinburgh today in the same grave as his parents.

He became ill last month after a fall and died in hospital on March 19. The subsequent funeral arrangements were drawn up between the executor of his will, the O’Brien family and…

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